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Dear Roadrunner Community,
Since arriving at UTSA last month I have spent much of my time on a listening tour, visiting with a broad cross-section of faculty, staff and students. I’ve already learned so much about this extraordinary institution and the
opportunities before us.
I’ve also had the chance to review the results of both the
faculty/staff and
student diversity surveys conducted by the Provost’s Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council last year.
The surveys provided a very helpful first step to understanding where we are succeeding as an institution, and where we have more work to do. Overall, I believe they point to the many benefits that will come from efforts to
increase our collective cultural intelligence as a learning community.
Next week President Eighmy will officially announce a new
President’s Initiative on Inclusive Excellence, which will provide a framework for our first steps. It will include future planning for a comprehensive campus climate survey that will allow us to
gather information on multiple dimensions within the inclusive excellence spectrum, as well as measure our progress with peer universities in a systemic way.
Understanding how we’re doing in a quantitative sense is important, but just as important is hearing from the many individual voices that make up the fabric of this community. As such,
I’m happy to announce my first round of small group dialogue sessions for faculty and staff. If you have thoughts, experiences or ideas on the topic of inclusive excellence at UTSA, I hope
you will consider signing up for one of these casual discussions. Each will be limited to 25 participants. If they prove to be popular, I will offer more of these in the months to come.
Session #1
Wednesday, March 27, 9-10 a.m.
Anaqua Room, SU 2.03.08 - Main Campus
Session #2
Tuesday, April 9, 9-10 a.m.
El Paseo Room, DB 1.120 - Downtown Campus
Session #3
Wednesday, April 17, 10-11 a.m.
Mesquite Room, SU 2.01.24 - Main Campus
As mentioned in
the recent message from me, President Eighmy and Provost Espy, my role here at UTSA is to work with the entire Roadrunner community to create a welcoming campus for all. I am looking forward to meeting more of you and walking down this path together.
Kind regards,
Myron Anderson
Vice President for Inclusive Excellence
UTSA's CORE VALUES
Integrity • Excellence • Inclusiveness • Respect • Collaboration • Innovation
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